Onion dip

French Onion Dip

French onion dip is a celebration favourite dip recipe created from sour cream, mayonnaise, caramelized onions, garlic, chives and parsley. It’s creamy, complete of herbs and guaranteed to get devoured rather darn rapidly.

When it comes to get together appetizers and dips French onion dip is a traditional. Served up with potato chips or vegetable sticks, it usually disappears amazingly quick. Some may possibly say it’s highly-addictive. I just say it’s flavorful, creamy and scrumptious (and worth the second assisting).

When I was a kid my mom would buy those those packaged dry onion soup mixes and stir into a bowl of sour cream and mayonnaise. It was effortless, but not specifically fresh.

And when I was in university I’d purchase the French onion dip in the green tub from the dairy area of the market place (which, was even worse). Elements in that contain: Sugar, Hydrolyzed Soy And Corn Protein, Hydrolyzed Torula And Brewer’s Yeast Protein, Monosodium Glutamate, Foods Starch-Modified, Gelatin, Sodium Hexametaphosphate, Locust Bean Gum, Soy Lecithin, Potassium Sorbate, Guar Gum, Carrageenan, Yellow five & six.

Yikes. Not so appetizing, eh? But excellent news! When you make French onion dip at property and taste how fresh, savory and delightful it is, you’ll never ever get it from the shop once again.

French Onion Dip Substances

There’s just a handful of ingredients in this recipe and a couple of likely variations, which I’ll mention below:

• Sour Cream: I constantly purchase natural sour cream for the highest quality, but it’s up to you.


• Mayonnaise: My mom always extra a tiny mayo in her French onion dip recipe so that’s what I do as well. And you can’t beat homemade mayonnaise for freshness.


• Caramelized Onions: Golden and sweet caramelized onions add so considerably taste. Pro tip: you can make these ahead of time.


• Chives: Fresh chives are finely chopped for tiny flecks of green goodness.


• Parsley: Due to the fact far more greens and herbs are usually much better.


• Salt and Pepper: Which you can season to your liking

Recipe Variations

While most of the elements are fairly normal, I understand not everyone’s a lover of mayonnaise. For that reason, you can often leave out the mayonnaise or substitute with:

• Greek Yogurt: It maintains the identical consistency and adds a lovely tang (with a bonus of probiotics).


• Cream Cheese: It makes the dip thicker, creamier and cheesier.

Can you use dried herbs for the fresh herbs? I don’t recommend it. They just don’t have the identical strength of flavor of freshly chopped herbs.

How to Make French Onion Dip

There’s actually only two methods to make the very best French onion dip: caramelize the onions and then mix the remaining ingredients with each other. It’s effortless, but caramelizing the onions does take a bit of time, so just don't forget to strategy for that. I’ve got a separate recipe that walks you through how to caramelize onions, phase-by-stage with a video tutorial. It’s worth the observe.

Following your onions and garlic have caramelized and cooled, add them to a bowl with the sour cream, mayonnaise, chives, parsley, salt and pepper. Stir every thing together right up until it’s creamy and serve immediately with potato chips and veggie sticks or refrigerate.

The flavor of this dip intensifies and melds together the longer it sits, so truly feel free of charge to make it a day ahead for a get together, potluck, barbecue or gathering. It will also last for up to a week in the fridge if you have any leftovers, although that’s quite unlikely. Believe in me!

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